fleece throw help

[Olivekid]

Hi,
Any suggestions for personalizing (text) fleece throws. My first tries (with solvy on top) had too much puckering.
Thanks

[signman]

I do a lot of them...2 layers of 3 oz. tearaway or
one layer of 3 oz cutaway (the stiff kind) and
one layer of solvy on the top.
Dont' hoop it 'tight'-don't stretch it...that really
causes the pucker. I use the clamp frame-and just slide the throws with the backing and solvy right into the clamp-tighten it and sew. Density...fills and lettering-kick it 'up'- lettering no lower than 5.5 or 6, fills, 6.5 or 7 works good for me.
The more stitches you try to throw on it the more it puckers, or you end up with a rigid 'patch' instead of a flexible logo. The only ones I do the tighter density on are the nylon backed (water repellant) from Sanmar-those take a nice good image easily.

[emason6]

I also use the same settings, except I make sure I do a double zig-zag underlay. This works well for me.

[Olivekid]

Thank you for your replies! I'll give it a whirl.